The Handelot Times
The new press freedom in the world of 2023
Reporters sans frontières or Reporter without borders, a non-profit organization based in Paris and with consultative status at the United Nations, was founded in line with article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the aim of safeguarding the right to information.
Reporters sans frontières or Reporter without borders, a non-profit organization based in Paris and with consultative status at the United Nations, was founded in line with article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the aim of safeguarding the right to information.
It releases an annual report, the World Press Freedom Index, which analyzes the state of the art of press freedom in 180 countries and has reached its twentieth edition.
According to the results surveyed, in 2022, a polarization of the mass media was highlighted, a reflection of that between states on an international level, which in turn fueled it, and a communicative chaos due to the effects of fake news, proliferated in the deregulated space of the internet.
Divisions have increased in democratic societies due to the spread of disinformation circuits amplified by social media, which undermine civil harmony and tolerance in public debate.
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